Back to work!

It's been great to return with seriousness to creating a few bodies of work. I'm exploring a familiar concept in sculpture, by connecting my used (and sealed) glucometer strips into a chain-maille like fabric.
My first real success with this process is listed to the side. It began as a project in my undergrad sculpture class. The assignment was to create something beautiful out of something ugly. I was new to being a diabetic, and testing my glucose a few times a day. Without health insurance at that time, I was really vigilant in finding the balance that my body worked with. At first it was such a hardship; I truly hated to test. Later, I realized that I could begin to predict and plan for sugar highs and lows. The restraints and pains of testing were helping me to avoid an emergency, or costly hospital visit.
With the encouragement from the professor, Doug, and his assistant, Jocelyn, I continued on with the piece long after the assignment was due. It was accepted into the juried show at the UAM, CSULB. I received a scholarship from the Fine Arts Affiliates at CSULB, and later as I asked Accu-Chek's parent company (Roche Diagnostics) for permission to continue the work, I ended up selling my first big success to them. The same company that manufactures the strips and meters, helps me to keep my diabetes in check, now keeps my sculpture on display in Indianapolis. What an honor!